Door.



PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

J. D. DOBELMAN.

DOOR.

.APPLIOATIOK rILnp JULY 17, 1905.

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I. D. DOBELMAN.

DOOR. Q APPLIOATIOH FILED JULY 17, 1905.

pineooe" place by suitable stopsI on the stiles and rails of Fig. 1.

UNITED s'm.

JOHN D. DOBELMAN, OF OHICAGOQILLINOIS.

' DOOR.

To all whom it may concern/.2

Be it known that I, JOHN D. DOBELMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1366 West Seventy-Fourth Place, in the city of 5 Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Doors, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to that class of doors adapted for dwellings andlike purposes. The ob ect of my invention is to provide a door which combines the essential requirements of the ordinary door and a screen-door and that can be changed at pleasure for a screen or a solid door, thereby securing the advantages of both and avoid the expense and inconvenience of the ordinary screen-.

door.

The manner in which I accomplish my object is set forth in the following spe ification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an outside elevation of the door, window, and screen complete and closed and barred. Fig. 2 is an outside elevation of the door with window closed, screen open, and,

part of the stile, rails, and panels broken away. .F'g. 3 is an inside View of the upper art of the door with the window closed. ig. 4 is a cross-section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5 5 Fig. 6 is the same sectional View with the window-sash lowered into the lower half of the door.

In the drawings, A designates the stiles of the door. These are made double or single. The rails B in the'lower part of the door are double and separated to provide a space 0. The top rail may be constructed the same way as the stiles. The anels D inclose the space 0. The bottom 0 this space is formed by the inclined pieces E, which are secured between the bottom rails and stiles. These inclines are designed to strengthen and close the bottom of the door and to permit the passage of all dirt through the opening F. [be up er part of the door between the stiles and rails is ada ted to contain a window-sash G, having a glass H. This sash is held in Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 17I 1906. Serial N0. 270,071-

when the sash is closed. This sash is adapted to be lowered into the space C, in which it rests on suitable stops N, afiixed on the stiles. When the sash is closed, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and .5, the bottom of the sash rests on the beveled top J of the middle rail and against the lip K, which may be attached to or be part of said rail. This arrangement is designed to hold the sash in position and exclude water. The top of the sash is held firmly against the stops I at the top by a suitable spring L. Suitable lifts M are attached to the sash to facilitate the raising and lowering thereof. Secured to the stile of the door by the hinges O is a screen-frame P. This frame is provided with a wire screen Q. Over this screen and secured to the frame P is a metallic guard B. This guard may be formed of separate bars or be an ornamental grill formed of one iece. Secured on the in- Patented J an. 30, 1906. I

side of the stile of t e frame P are two springcatches S. These catches are adapted to en- 7 ter and besecured in the bushings T, which are fixed in the stileof the door, as'shown in Fig. 4. By this arrangement the frame P when closed is locked and can be opened only from the inside, and this makes the open window or broken window secure against entrance from the outside. Suitable fastenings may be laced on the inside of the windowsash to ock it when closed. The frame P may be easily removed in winter or whenever it is necessary or desirable? There are many equivalents for the hinges and catches by which the frame P is supported and secured on the door. I therefore do not limit myself to those shown and described.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a door of the kind described, the combination consisting of a main body formed of the stiles A, rails B, the center rail B having bevel edge J and a lip K, panels D, and inclined pieces E; a pair of bushings T fixed in one of said stiles; a window-sash G sup orting a window-glass H said sash being a a ted to be moved vertically in said main b0 y; means for supportin said sash in a closed or open position in sai main body; aframe P QIn one pivotelly supported on the upper outsidepart screenend aifix'ed bo'said frame, s'u bst eafi'ihlly of said main body and adapted to be swung as described and for the purposes specified.

open horizontally; a pair of s ring-catches n fixed to saidframe and adapted to enter said JOHN DOBELMAN 5 bushings and to thereby lock said frame to Witzriesses: I

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